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The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.

The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.

Herodotus
Envy, Secret, Absence

It is better to be envied than pitied.

Herodotus
Envy, Envied
Herodotus (1829). “Herodotus: Tr. from the Greek for the Use of General Readers; with Short Explanatory Notes”, p.212

Envy is so natural to human kind, that it cannot but arise.

Herodotus
Envy, Kind, Natural
Herodotus (1866). “The History of Herodotus: A New English Version, Ed. with Copious Notes and Appendices”, p.393

How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.

Herodotus
Envy, Envied
Herodotus (1875). “The History of Herodotus: A New English Version, Ed. with Copious Notes and Appendices, Illustrating the History and Geography of Herodotus, from the Most Recent Sources of Information; and Embodying the Chief Results, Historical and Ethnographical, which Have Been Obtained in the Progress of Cuneiform and Hieroglyphical Discovery”, p.372

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